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... in the Recession The deepest recession in decades has caused more than 7 million people to lose their jobs and in many cases their job-based health insurance – a worrisome development for any American, but especially for those also grappling with cancer or other serious illnesses. A ... patients and survivors and the challenges they face to help gauge how the recession is affecting workers who are most in need of ongoing medical care.   The report, Patients Under Pressure: Profiles of How Families Affected by Cancer are Faring in the Recession illustrates the kinds of ... if they are uninsured even for short periods of time. The report is a follow up to Spending to Survive: Cancer Patients Confront Holes in the Health Insurance System [ http://tinyurl.com/ny7erd ], a joint project of the Foundation and the American Cancer Society released in February. Both ...

... cancer requires bold new public policies that promote cancer prevention, early detection of cancer, and expand access to quality, affordable health care. Lawmakers make many decisions that impact the lives of Mainers impacted by cancer and their leadership is vital to defeating this disease. ... and provider organizations, as well as patients who shared their personal stories about the importance of access to biomarker testing. The Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee voted in support of asking the Bureau of Insurance to conduct a “mandated benefit ...

... threat to the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP). The bill also cuts the budget at the National Institutes of Health by 5.2 percent. The Patient Navigator program at the Health Resource Services Administration is completely eliminated.   With Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) refusing to bring up the House ... the benefits of strong federal investments in biomedical research funding. Read a feature about George in the Catonsville Times .   AFFORDABLE CARE ACT   Amendments Defund Affordable Care Act In addition to the severe cuts to cancer research and prevention program described above, the ...

... Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), in response to portions of Governor LePage’s biennial budget proposal related to the Department of Health and Human Services: “The toll tobacco takes on Mainers – both in terms of lives lost and economic burden – makes it a problem that ... and exposure to secondhand smoke is responsible for approximately 1 out of every 5 deaths. Further, tobacco use costs Maine $811 million in health care bills each year and approximately $262 million in state Medicaid costs. “Unfortunately, the Governor’s budget fails to address the ways ...